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STEP 1: STEP 2: MATERIALS: STEP 4: STEP 3: STEP 5: STEP 6: FOR MORE P.S. ARTS TO GO! PROJECTS, PLEASE VISIT PSARTS.ORG/TO-GO Lets Draw: Spongebob Texture Swap In the Feral Friends episode from Season 10, Neptunes moon transforms all of Bikini Bottoms sea creatures into realistic, biological versions of themselves. Being that Sandy isn t a sea creature, she does not transform, and takes on the responsibility of protecting her friends. In this exercise, we will explore how to create the illusion of texture by transforming spongebob from his spongy form into various other forms, examining how texture can change the look and feel of our beloved sea sponge. FInd other objects in your afterschool program with interesting textures and try to recreate them! - Pen - Downloadable Handout - Eraser - Optional: Marker, Pencil sharpener - Don t forget your imaaaagination! For our texture excercise, we’ll be utilizing stippling, and hatching (linear + cross ) These are techniques that artists use to make their drawings more dynamic and life like. Stippling consists of marking a page with numer- ous small dots/specks. The more condensed the dots are, the darker the pattern appears. The more spread out the dots are, the lighter it will appear. This can help you create value - how light or how dark something is. Value is an important element to consider when creating the illusion of texture. Hatching works the same way. With linear hatch- ing, the closer your lines are together the darker the pattern will appear. With cross hatching, your pattern will darken the more you cross your lines. The arrow next to spongebob indicates our light source. This is where we are imagining the direction of light is coming from. This will halp us determine our values. Based on what areas are more directly facing the light source we will have a better understanding of what areas should be darker than others. Create some linear hatches following Spongebob’s form. Spongebob’s left side is receiving less light than his front side, so it will have a darker value. To create this illusion, make sure you draw more lines and draw them closer together. To continue the illusion, play around with the edges of the body. Because he’s a sponge, Spongebob normally has a wavy contour , or outline. Since we’ve drawn him like he was made out of wood, the edges of his body will become much more rigid and inorganic, or geometric. Download and print out the template so that you can begin practicing. What if our porous friend was made of wood? We can split this pattern into three different steps. We’ll begin by creating linear hatches, then, we’ll add some of the swirls commonly found in wood patterns, and finally we’ll add to the pattern with more organic lines. Organic lines and shapes imitate the form of nature. Organic lines are not straight, rather, they are free flowing. Add the details and patterns that you find in wood to continue creating the texture. Use organic lines to create the grooves com- monly found in wood. A sandy spongebob would consist of heavy stippling. The various dots and specs will help us create a grainy look. IMAGE OF STEP 1

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STEP 1: STEP 2:

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STEP 5: STEP 6:

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Lets Draw:Spongebob Texture

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In the Feral Friends episode from Season 10, Neptunes moon transforms all of Bikini Bottoms sea creatures into realistic, biological versions of themselves. Being that Sandy isn’t a sea creature, she does not transform, and takes on the responsibility of protecting her friends. In this exercise, we will explore how to create the illusion of texture by transforming spongebob from his spongy form into various other forms, examining how texture can change the look and feel of our beloved sea sponge. FInd other objects in your afterschool program with interesting textures and try to recreate them!

- Pen - Downloadable Handout- Eraser- Optional: Marker, Pencil sharpener- Don’t forget your imaaaagination!

For our texture excercise, we’ll be utilizing stippling, and hatching (linear + cross ) These are techniques that artists use to make their drawings more dynamic and life like. Stippling consists of marking a page with numer-ous small dots/specks. The more condensed the dots are, the darker the pattern appears. The more spread out the dots are, the lighter it will appear. This can help you create value - how light or how dark something is. Value is an important element to consider when creating the illusion of texture. Hatching works the same way. With linear hatch-ing, the closer your lines are together the darker the pattern will appear. With cross hatching, your pattern will darken the more you cross your lines.

The arrow next to spongebob indicates our light source. This is where we are imagining the direction of light is coming from. This will halp us determine our values. Based on what areas are more directly facing the light source we will have a better understanding of what areas should be darker than others. Create some linear hatches following Spongebob’s form. Spongebob’s left side is receiving less light than his front side, so it will have a darker value. To create this illusion, make sure you draw more lines and draw them closer together.

To continue the illusion, play around with the edges of the body. Because he’s a sponge, Spongebob normally has a wavy contour, or outline. Since we’ve drawn him like he was made out of wood, the edges of his body will become much more rigid and inorganic, or geometric.

Download and print out the template so that you can begin practicing.

What if our porous friend was made of wood? We can split this pattern into three different steps. We’ll begin by creating linear hatches, then, we’ll add some of the swirls commonly found in wood patterns, and finally we’ll add to the pattern with more organic lines. Organic lines and shapes imitate the form of nature. Organic lines are not straight, rather, they are free flowing.

Add the details and patterns that you find in wood to continue creating the texture. Use organic lines to create the grooves com-monly found in wood.

A sandy spongebob would consist of heavy stippling. The various dots and specs will help us create a grainy look.

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Lets Draw:Spongebob Texture

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In the Feral Friends episode from Season 10, Neptunes moon transforms all of Bikini Bottoms sea creatures into realistic, biological versions of themselves. Being that Sandy isn’t a sea creature, she does not transform, and takes on the responsibility of protecting her friends. In this exercise, we will explore how to create the illusion of texture by transforming spongebob from his spongy form into various other forms, examining how texture can change the look and feel of our beloved sea sponge. FInd other objects in your afterschool program with interesting textures and try to recreate them!

- Pen - Downloadable Handout- Eraser- Optional: Marker, Pencil sharpener- Don’t forget your imaaaagination!

To create a deeper, darker value, create stipples that are closer together. This will indicate that Spongebob’s left side is receiving less light.

Create some organic lines to make it look as if Spongebob (errr, Cementbob) is cracking.

Use a loose cross hatching technique to create a more weathered look. This will also help us create darker values in areas that aren’t by our light source.

What if spongebob was made of cement? To create this texture, we’ll use some organic lines to simulate cracking. Next, we’ll use stippling to give our cement a grainy look. For the final step, we’ll use the cross hatching technique to add value and a weathered look to our cement.

Using the stippling technique, we’ll add some grain to our ce-ment. The amount of grain you’d like to add is completely up to you and your imagination!

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How else can you change up spongebob’s texture? Can you give him some fur? Scales? What if he was made of rocks? Experiment with different forms of mark making to create your own patterns!

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